Saturday, January 22, 2011

Original Caption: Miss Josephine Baker, popular stage performer, sings the National Anthem as the finale to the show held in the Municipal Theater, Oran, Algeria, N. Africa. The band is directed by T/Sgt. Frank W. Weiss." May 17, 1943

Unmentioned in the original caption is the fact that the band, the army unit being entertained and the USO show were all segregated.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

My apologies for the self-referential post, which I generally try to confine to my "other" blog, but I just couldn't resist noting the milestone. Thanks to all my faithful followers. What the hell, thanks to all you adulterous followers as well. :)

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

I saw this film the other night on Showtime and was blown away. I'm not going to do a full review, but this is one of those films that, after it's over, you need to just sit and think about it awhile before you feel like you can go on to something else. Catch it if you can, it's well worth watching.

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